At that stage, too, Wales would not have had many names in Warren Gatland’s British and Irish Lions squad.

But Gatland’s going to have to tear up his draft squad for Australia after that Wales performance.

If I was him I would probably play the Wales front row and back-row en bloc, because this triumph was built on the scrum and the breakdown.

Before the game some people were talking about Dan Cole pipping Adam Jones to the Lions No 3 jersey. I think that little debate has been put to bed.

For Adam all but chewed Joe Marler up and spat him out again.

Almost every scrum ended in a penalty or free-kick to Wales so dominant were we.

And if the scrum set the tone for the performance, Wales’ dominance at the ruck was ultimately the reason for the victory. Playing two opensides in Sam Warburton and Justin Tipuric proved a masterstroke.

Warburton had shown some form against Scotland and again he was in the thick of everything as was Tipuric, who provided his CV for Lions selection with the part in played in the second try.

By the end Welsh players were queuing up for Lions inclusion and, if he wasn’t in with a shout for the No 15 jersey in Australia before, Leigh Halfpenny is now all but a nailed-on for the Test team.

He hasn’t really put a foot wrong in the whole Championship.

There are others with one foot on the plane Down Under, most notably Alun Wyn Jones who has returned from injury hitting the ground running. His work rate is incredible.

It was senior players like him and Gethin Jenkins who could have been responsible for giving Wales the self-belief they needed to beat England.

Yesterday was all about who was going to be able to handle the pressure and Wales stepped up to the plate.

As soon as England came under any pressure they seemed to buckle.

It didn’t help England’s mind-set that they played so poorly against Italy last weekend and when they did have any chances they butchered them.

It was always going to be hard for England to breach such a well-marshalled defence which has now not conceded a try for an amazing 354 minutes.

Even when Wales were 27 points up at the end their defence showed a real hunger to stop England from scoring.

It was something that impressed me throughout the game: that the Welsh boys fought tooth and nail for everything.

In the final analysis both coaches and players need to be given immense credit for the recovery they have shown from where they were in the autumn and at the start of the Championship.